FREE Bike Towing Service and Flat Tyre Repair on Penang Bridge

I last used Penang bridge not long ago, and as usual, there were at least 2 motorcycles getting flat tyres on the bridge. Penang Bridge Sdn Bhd(PBSB) had to pick up sharp objects that caused flat tyres to vehicles using a modified truck with magnetic field at the bottom front, targeting mainly at Nails. These nails arent there for no reason; they provide the mechanics some business who are there waiting on the bridge like preying vultures. A normal flat tyre repair which costs around 10 ringgit will now price even higher on the bridge, usually double the normal rate.

However, PBSB is offering towing services and flat tyre repair motorcyclist, without any charges.

Just call PBSB Bridgeline at 1300-1300-03 or use the emergency telephone on the bridge to have your free motorcycle towing and flat tyre repairing services. This service is available from 7am-8pm daily.

Full details from articles below, taken from The Star.

BUTTERWORTH: Penang Bridge Sdn Bhd (PBSB) is now offering free towing services for motorcycles which break down or experience a flat tyre on the bridge.

Penang Public Works, Utilities and Transportation Committee chairman Lim Hock Seng said the move was aimed at preventing unscrupulous mechanics from imposing exorbitant charges to fix flat tyres on the bridge.

“Some mechanics have been charging between RM25 and RM30 to replace the inner tube of motorcycle tyres when the cost is only about RM10 to RM12 at workshops.

“Most motorcyclists pay the high charges as they have no other alternative when their vehicles stall on the bridge,” he said, adding that while the towing service was free, motorcyclists would have to bear their own repair costs.

Motorcyclists, he added, could call the PBSB Bridgeline at 1300-1300-03 or use the emergency telephone on the bridge to report their breakdown.

“A tow truck will be deployed to send the motorcycle either to PBSB-designated repair sites off the bridge or to the nearest workshop,” he said Saturday, adding that the service, which began last Wednesday, was available daily between 7am and 8pm.

PBSB deputy general manager Abd Rahman Hassan said it had received numerous complaints of unscrupulous persons scattering nails on the bridge to “make a fast buck”.

“With assistance from the police, we will continue to keep a close watch to reduce such activities,” he said, adding that there were 422 cases of motorcycle tyre punctures reported on the bridge in 2007 and 260 between January and September 2008.

C Guevara